Get the look – botanical
Recreate this beautiful botanical look with a few of our sourced items. It’s fresh, contemporary and very much on trend. theinteriorsaddict.com 1. Atelier Chesterfield sofa in bottle green from houzz.com 2. Green stripe scatter from Weylandts, Fabric Girolata – Leaf from Hertex and Strelitzia Scatter from Weylandts 3. Ribbed bud vase from Mr Price Home […]
20 Years of Design Indaba
The 21st annual Design Indaba conference starts in Cape Town tomorrow and I am so excited that I can’t imagine how I will be able to sleep tonight. I have been privileged enough to go to the conference 5 times in the last 6 years and I always leave there with the most incredible sense […]
Foliage inspiration for your home
After the Valentine’s flowers have wilted I thought it a good idea to do an inspirational post of leaves as flower arrangements. It’s very trendy to show shapely foliage inside and the bonus is that it lasts much longer (usually anyway!) It’s good in glass Combining a collection of leaves, branches and even plants in […]
For the love of Marsala.
Every year when the colour forecast comes out and the colour of the year is announced, I immediately think it doesn’t apply to me. 2012’s Tangerine Tango, 2013’s Emerald, 2014’s Radiant Orchid. Every year I think: I will never wear that. Especially the way some retail chains interpreted Emerald as bottle green was appalling. Turns […]
Sensational Cement
This trend was a natural progression from the grey tones and industrial look from last year. The combination of cement and wood in furniture is one of my personal favorites and now you can incorporate cement into your home easily with one of these inspiring ideas. From paint to wallpaper and accessories, you are bound […]
Trend #10: Black & White
This trend is still amazing, and it most likely – I hope – always will be. The ultimate classic, it works with retro, modern, traditional, masculine, feminine, for any age and pretty much in any room. When all else fails, go black & white. You won’t go wrong! In the Bedroom. ferm living & pinterest […]
Trend #9: Jewels, pastels & acid
The colour palette is quite interesting this year with its harking back to the 90’s. I am sure we all remember the craze for stone-washed jeans in bottle green, burgundy red and mustard. And can anyone forget that neon phase! Thankfully, the full blown version is not back screaming in our eyes, but rather it […]
TREND #8: Eclecticism
So often, when someone doesn’t quite have a style they call it eclectic but that assumes that just throwing things together because you don’t know what you like denotes a style. The formal definition of eclectic is deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources (source) but that still means […]
What is Retro Design?
Retro Design is making it onto our top 15 list for the first time this year, even though it has been trending for a while now. We’ve seen it in the popularity of the Eiffel chair by Charles and Ray Eames, vintage signage and fonts being used in anything from butcheries to weddings and architecture […]
7 Steps to a Home School Environment
It seems that whenever anyone is talking about getting their kids back to school this year, the number 7 is involved: R700 for new stationary; R700 worth of books for a grade 7 pupil, 7 things to remember to send to school every day (lunch, drink, extra clothes, sunblock, sunhat, teacher’s note book). And if […]